Jim's anxieties on his first day of school are happily forgotten when he makes a new friend.

Impatient to begin reading, a first-grader doesn't realize that there is more to reading than books.

Members of the Brute family, who live on a diet of stick and stone stew, suddenly find their lives changed for the better.

Alex has a hard time adjusting to his new first grade and tells wild stories to impress the other students.

Kermit the Frog narrates this tale featuring lovable new Muppet characters and original music from Paul Williams. Struggling to make ends meet, Mrs. Otter and her son, Emmet, face yet another bleak Christmas until Emmet secretly decides to enter Frog Town Hollow's first annual talent contest on Christmas Eve. However, Emmet faces some hilarious and unexpectedly tough competition for the prize money.